WASHINGTON: A 20-year old man “strongly suspected” to have killed an Indian-techie, working with Satyam Computers, was arrested by the police in
Arkansas, US.
The Little Rock Police are interrogating the suspect in connection with the killing of Hyderabad engineer Akshay Vishal, who was shot dead on Tuesday, in the seventh case of young students and professionals from Andhra Pradesh being killed in the last 14 months. Name and other details of the arrested suspected assailant have not been released yet by the police, however the local media identified the arrested person as 20-year-old Brandon Johnson.
“We have been interviewing the suspect all day today,” an official of Little Rock Police department said on condition of anonymity. “He is a strong suspect (of the murder),” the official said, adding that three search warrants have also been issued in the past two days. “The person, who we believe did it (the murder), is right here (arrested), but we are not releasing the details as investigation is still going on. We can’t release any more detail at this point of time,” the official said. The police, who have been carrying an intensive investigation, said robbery could be the motive behind the murder.